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Mark Soto: Honor Bowl Founder Writes Of Family, Service & Football

High School Football High School Sports Features September 11, 2020 1

In His Book “Honor Coach,” Mark Soto Shares How Passion and Patriotism Helped Birth The National High School Football Showcase • Mark Soto has never been short on enthusiasm and passion for what he loves and believes in. And his first-ever foray into the world of book writing shows... Read more

Acalanes Girls Water Polo | 2019-20 NorCal Team Of The Year

Aquatics High School Sports Features North Coast Section September 8, 2020 0

Acalanes Girls Water Polo Players, Coaches Provide Oral History Insight Into Its Achievement Of A Second Straight Perfect Season • To fully appreciate the perfect 27-0 season that led to the Acalanes girls water polo team becoming our 2019-20 NorCal Team of the Year, one needs to go even... Read more

’19-’20 Bay Area 75 Rankings, Part 1 | Nos. 75-51

Central Coast Section High School Baseball/Softball High School Basketball High School Football High School Golf High School Sports Features High School Wrestling Pinned by TCW North Coast Section Oakland Section Rankings Sac-Joaquin Section Track & Field, Anchored by Youth Runner VOLLEYBALL — Served by NCVA XC-Track-Running August 3, 2020 0

SportStars Magazine Counts Down The Bay Area’s Top 75 Athletes From 2019-20 In Its Eighth Annual Bay Area 75 Rankings • Welcome to our eighth annual Bay Area 75 rankings — SportStars’ countdown of the top 75 Bay Area athletes from the 2019-20 school year. Obviously, the 2019-20 season... Read more

Deep Punt | CIF Sports Sidelined Until Mid-December

Central Coast Section High School Football High School Sports Features North Coast Section Northern Section Oakland Section Sac-Joaquin Section San Francisco Section July 21, 2020 0

In Light Of State’s Recent COVID Resurgence, CIF And Majority Of Its 10 Sections Shift To Two-Season Format Running From Mid-December To Late June • In the end, it’s a road map. A set goal. Really, that’s the best way to view Monday’s news that CIF sports will be... Read more

Anson Aroz: The Constant | Meet Placer Baseball’s Problem Solver

High School Baseball/Softball High School Sports Features Sac-Joaquin Section July 6, 2020 0

Baseball Is A Game Of Equations For Relentlessly Driven Oregon-Bound Catcher Anson Aroz Of Placer-Auburn There’s baseball IQ and then there’s whatever-in-the-Isaac-Newton Anson Aroz is. The Oregon-committed, switch-hitting catcher from Placer High-Auburn seems to see the diamond in code — or at least in distances and times. “Say a... Read more

Little League: Caught In A Pickle | East Bay Chapters Ride COVID Wave

High School Sports Features July 3, 2020 0

As The Nation’s Pandemic Continues To Ebb And Flow, A Select Number Of East Bay Little Leagues Search For Ways To Get Kids Back On The Field For the summer staple of Little League baseball, the COVID-19 pandemic has put one of the nation’s great traditions largely on hold. ... Read more

Fall Sports’ Alternate Reality: An Imagined Sports Future

Central Coast Section High School Golf High School Sports Features North Coast Section Sac-Joaquin Section Tennis: High School & Club VOLLEYBALL — Served by NCVA XC-Track-Running July 3, 2020 0

With Football Delayed Indefinitely And Other Sports Forced To Adapt To Virus Concerns, NorCal’s Fall Sports Season Was Like No Other EDITOR’S NOTE: This is a purely fictionalized look into NorCal’s 2020 fall sports future in a state and region still heavily affected by COVID-19. We composed it without... Read more

10 Years Of SportStars’ Staff Memories & Favorites

Central Coast Section High School Football High School Sports Features North Coast Section Sac-Joaquin Section June 16, 2020 0

For Its 10th Anniversary Issue, SportStars Staff Members And Longtime Contributors Share Their Memories And Favorites From The Magazine’s First Decade Of Publishing • On June 12, we released our 10th Anniversary issue. One of the cornerstones of the content were various staff accounts of their memories and favorites... Read more

SportStars’ #CoverMadness Semifinals

High School Sports Features May 25, 2020 12

#CoverMadness, SportStars’ Fan-Powered Tournament To Select The Top Cover From The Magazine’s First Decade Has Reached The Final Four — And Its Time To Vote • SportStars will turn 10-years old on June 10, which has us feeling quite nostalgic. So far part of our celebration, our editor and... Read more

Legendary Footprint | Tom Gonsalves Exits St. Mary’s Girls Hoops

High School Basketball High School Sports Features Sac-Joaquin Section May 4, 2020 0

After Making The Stockton School A Girls Basketball National Force, Coach Tom Gonsalves Has Stepped Down After Illustrious Two-Decade Run • Good coaches build a program. Only the elite raise a region. When Tom Gonsalves took over at St. Mary’s of Stockton in 2002, the Sac-Joaquin Section was far... Read more

Roseville Softball | Talented Tigers Wondering If It’s 5-And-Over

High School Baseball/Softball High School Sports Features Sac-Joaquin Section March 25, 2020 0

After An Impressive Start To 2020, The Roseville Softball Team Copes With A Season Stuck In Limbo • One day after beating cross-town Woodcreek High, 9-2, to improve to 5-0 in the early stages of the 2020 season, the Roseville softball team got word that it likely just played... Read more

Chase Saldate | Gilroy Wrestling Star’s Countdown To Liftoff

Central Coast Section High School Sports Features High School Wrestling Pinned by TCW March 19, 2020 0

National No. 1 And CIF State Wrestling Champion, Chase “Satellite” Saldate Is An Other-Worldly Sensation — And Our NorCal Wrestler Of The Year • 10. For Chase Saldate, the countdown for his liftoff into orbit begins now. After he graduates from Gilroy High, the 152-pound InterMat National No. 1... Read more